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Samburu herds boy

 A Samburu herds boy watering livestock at a riverbed.

| File | Nation Media Group

Isiolo

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Pastoralism at a crossroads after decade of intermittent drought

By  Elizabeth Kivuva

About 100 kilometres east of Isiolo town is Kulamawe, an expansive land mass whose Swahili name, directly translated, means ‘eat stones’.

And the name aptly captures the dire food situation here for both livestock and residents.  

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